Interview RPG Codex Interview: George Ziets on Eternity, Torment, and crafting worlds

[The Great Deceiver]

This guy sounds too good to be true. I bet he does not really exist and has been conceived by The Codex' insane subconscious when the hivemind was not able to withstand the decline any longer and descended into madness.

That would also explain how we managed to score an interview with him.

Indeed, it's almost as if he had a checklist provided to him; that interview is basically a well coordinated barrage of Incline directed right at Codex's pleasure centers

OH MY GOD IT'S HEAVAN

 

[Jedi Exile]

If MCA is our one and only true God, is then Ziets a saint?

Or are we polytheistic?

Based on that interview, Zeits deserves our worship much more than MCA.

As always, polytheism is the way.

Tim Cain is our one and only god and Sawyer is his prophet burn the heretics!

 

[catfood]

MCA is the one true god and Cain his prophet. Sawyer is their Judas.

 

[Tigranes]

This guy sounds too good to be true. I bet he does not really exist and has been conceived by The Codex' insane subconscious when the hivemind was not able to withstand the decline any longer and descended into madness.

That would also explain how we managed to score an interview with him.

Indeed, it's almost as if he had a checklist provided to him; that interview is basically a well coordinated barrage of Incline directed right at Codex's pleasure centers

OH MY GOD IT'S HEAVAN

No, no, it's meant to create the ultimate despair due to the fact that he's a freelancer and will not have a lead role + resources to do any of that shit. After he creates a tantalising but unfulfilled area in P:E he will go write the backstory for Diablo 4, prompting a decade of Codex speculation about what might have been.

 

[The Great Deceiver]

This guy sounds too good to be true. I bet he does not really exist and has been conceived by The Codex' insane subconscious when the hivemind was not able to withstand the decline any longer and descended into madness.

That would also explain how we managed to score an interview with him.

Indeed, it's almost as if he had a checklist provided to him; that interview is basically a well coordinated barrage of Incline directed right at Codex's pleasure centers

OH MY GOD IT'S HEAVAN

No, no, it's meant to create the ultimate despair due to the fact that he's a freelancer and will not have a lead role + resources to do any of that shit. After he creates a tantalising but unfulfilled area in P:E he will go write the backstory for Diablo 4, prompting a decade of Codex speculation about what might have been.

Speculating on what might have been is still far more enjoyable than most cRPG games released in the last few years.

 

[St Antony of Padua]

My approach to a TES game probably won’t surprise anyone. I’d take the player to someplace they’ve never seen before – preferably to one of the regions that doesn’t resemble Western Europe. Someplace that sets up the player as a stranger in a strange land. Maybe Elsweyr, Valenwood, or Black Marsh… or even across the sea to Akavir, which supposedly has monkey people, vampiric serpents, and may hold the secrets of the Blades’ origins. I think a story of exploration and first contact (e.g., using the East Empire Company) could be fun, and it’s something I rarely see in RPGs.

Sounds like Albion to me.

 

[Duraframe300]

'Cause MCA turned out to be not-so-awesome after the Arcanum debacle...

We haven't really seen Ziets making a video lp as of yet. So, that comparison is still open.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Such a bro.

 

[tuluse]

i don't think you understood what i was talking about.

I'm sure I didn't understand your post.

 

[Brother None]

'Cause MCA turned out to be not-so-awesome after the Arcanum debacle...

We haven't really seen Ziets making a video lp as of yet. So, that comparison is still open.

Quality of developers is now measured by their ability to make quality LP videos?

 

[Jasede]

Look, I for one don't care about MCA loving or hating Arcanum- as long as he makes games I enjoy.
Chances are if we knew everything about our God we'd be appalled.

Imagine, maybe he does his work on a Macintosh!!!!!!!!!!!
I know this thought is horrible to bear- but it just demonstrates that some things are best left unknown. No wonder he never wanted to LP that game.

 

[Excidium]

Good interview.

But you don't need to act like a bunch of faggots just because Ziets shares similar opinions, control yourselves FFS

 

[Lancehead]

Imagine, maybe he does his work on a Macintosh!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the rival god Swen!!!!

 

[Jasede]

Gonna be cross with you, what good RPGs have those Belgians ever made?

Divine Divinity is... an okay game with a terrible first dungeon.
Dragon Knight Saga is... an action-RPG with terribly dull parts.

Sure, they are always bros when people talk to them, but... what have they done for us that would elevate them to the status of gods? Have they ever written something the likes of Mask of the Betrayer or PS:T? Have they made a TB old-school game that we've always been craving? I never got our enthusiasm for them, or why you somehow managed to scrape together 10K for them when we can't even support actual TB games for half the amount.

 

[Lancehead]

I'm actually agreeing with you, that all the RPG heroes most likely do have features about them that wouldn't be CodexHivemind-approved, if you will. As for Swen, I'm just alluding to that poll where Larian got the most votes for "who's your new messiah?".

 

[Excidium]

Sure, they are always bros when people talk to them, but... what have they done for us that would elevate them to the status of gods?

For all the "we don't give a shit" attitude here, there's nothing the codex likes more than being acknowledged. To enter the codex pantheon you only need to have worked on a CRPG or two and mention the codex in a positive fashion somewhere.

 

[Duraframe300]

'Cause MCA turned out to be not-so-awesome after the Arcanum debacle...

We haven't really seen Ziets making a video lp as of yet. So, that comparison is still open.

Quality of developers is now measured by their ability to make quality LP videos?

According to the Arcanum LP thread. Yes.

 

[Jasede]

My question about why you guys like Larian so much is entirely serious, by the way, and I'd love to hear a few replies that explain

* what good games they have made
* which of the features in them make you think that they are a good, Codex-approved developer

 

[Zed]

My question about why you guys like Larian so much is entirely serious, by the way, and I'd love to hear a few replies that explain

* what good games they have made
* which of the features in them make you think that they are a good, Codex-approved developer

Maybe it's more about what they are trying to do now?

 

[Jaesun]

What in the fuck does any of this have to do with Ziets?

 

[Jasede]

In that case I want to remind all of us about how we always whine about bad track records every time someone semi-big claims to try to do something vaguely Codex-approved.

 

[Jasede]

Nothing, I was just curious. Continue the Ziets worship.
Also, derailing threads is a long-standing tradition.

 

[Serious_Business]

Fucking rainbows and sunshine, it takes at least 3 pages these days for some shithead to deflate the mood with some forced cynicism that believes itself to be clear thought and lucidity. Good thing the resident assholes are not finding any other way to deal with their personal frustrations

 

[Jasede]

Wow, ok.

 

[Vicissitudes]

Quality of games dropped while the number of people working on projects increased from a 20-30 (PoR, RoA and notice the 8 year gap and jump in overall quality) to hundreds working on a fucking hiking simulator.
It tells you a lot about the current state of the industry and how much influence producers, execs and publishers have over projects. In this interview Zeits dropped few ideas for games that seem fresh even though they are based on existing ideas/games. People who think like that should run the studios no the guys who don't even play games or are not interested in developing anything new. They can kill the best, most daring and challenging ideas that could invigorate the stale market while simultaneously treating projects like some fast-food-style, mass-marketable products. Basically the same thing is happening to the film industry as described in this talk by Steven Soderbergh. And while possible solutions are still in the cradle stage as Dan Harmon pointed out at XOXO, we are far from breaking away from the powerful money grabbing claws of the suits.